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OpenAI has slipped shopping into ChatGPT users’ chats—here’s why that matters
Credit: Airam Dato-on from Pexels Your phone buzzes at 6 a.m. It’s ChatGPT: “I see you’re traveling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I’ve found three restaurants…
AI content poses triple threat to Reddit moderators
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Reddit bills itself as “the most human place on the internet,” but the proliferation of artificial intelligence-generated content is threatening to squeeze some of the humanity…
The project that’s gathering a huge new dataset
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In…
China’s power paradox: record renewables, continued coal
China is installing solar and wind power at a rate that outstrips the rest of the world combined. Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in…
Artificial intelligence can better predict future risk for heart attack patients
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A landmark study led by University experts has shown that artificial intelligence can better predict how doctors should treat patients following a heart attack. The study,…
Some major Australian towns still have poor phone reception—it’s threatening public safety
by James Meese, Amber Marshall, Holly Randell-Moon, Jenny Kennedy, Rowan Wilken, The Conversation Dubbo is a major regional centre but suffers from poor reception. Credit: Maksym Kozlenko/Wikimedia Australians rely on…
AI trained robots, drones, team up with emergency rescue
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a simulated natural disaster, robotic drones from the University of Maryland’s RoboScout Team arrived first, scanning the area for survivors. They beamed patients’ locations to…
Smartwatches achieve centimeter-level location accuracy with new tracking algorithms
Precise centimeter-level positioning on a smartwatch during four hours of data in Dunedin, New Zealand. The dots show the repeatability of one second of data in comparison to precise benchmark…
